Have you tested your scopes ability's to gather light?

[Gunfighter14e2]

Regardless of what the mfg says, have you ever tested your scopes ability's with,... Your Eyes,... before, during & after published sunrise/set times?
I have a few cheap scopes that have a 32mm A/O and they preform much better than anything I have that has 40-44mm obj, w/ side parallax adjustment during those critical hunting times.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

Pretty funny that someone that was trying to school me on technical shit in my Bergara thread doesn’t even know how a fucking scope works.

 

[roostercogburn98]

My NF 1-4 sucks anytime not high noon with the sun going full throttle

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Pretty funny that someone that was trying to school me on technical shit in my Bergara thread doesn’t even know how a fucking scope works.

Laughing,... Keep making an ass out of yourself. It seems to be the one thing you're good at.

 

[308pirate]

. Keep making an ass out of yourself.

You're leading by example

 

[Ronws]

Can you feel the love in the room?

 

[SanPatHogger]

I had an Osprey Global scope that was pretty impressive. The sun had gone down and it was legit almost dark. I saw something wiggling out in the field. Looked through the scope and it was at least twice as bright as with the naked eye.

 

[zeroz]

One of the most impressive Ive seen is the Meopta Meostar 50mm. Im not sure if it was just that scope or if all of them are that good at gathering light but it was damn impressive. Left the Mark 5 wanting for sure.

 

[The Angler]

I always look through my scope at dawn so I can see before my naked eye can. S&B pmii

 

[Shoots 700's]

They dont gather light

 

[BobinNC]

I rather my scope gather me a cheeseburger while on a deer stand. You can't eat light. Though it is less fattening.

 

[Ronws]

I rather my scope gather me a cheeseburger while on a deer stand. You can't eat light. Though it is less fattening.

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[Gunfighter14e2]

One of the most impressive Ive seen is the Meopta Meostar 50mm. Im not sure if it was just that scope or if all of them are that good at gathering light but it was damn impressive. Left the Mark 5 wanting for sure.

I've a few also ran's that are hunting long after/before the leupolds went blind or woke up. Had a 58mm obj 22x USO that trumped them all, but being a pack mule while hunting is not my style.

 

[PB&J.]

My ZCO does a fairly decent job in low light situations...

 

[coldboremiracle]

I think almost every scope/bino I've ever looked through at sunrise gives me a better than naked eye picture. Its still seemingly dark, but with a scope turned down to low or lowest magnification I can usually spot antlers that were invisible to the eye.

 

[fdkay]

Riflescopes don't gather light.

 

[308pirate]

Riflescopes don't gather light.

Well light enters them.......so...

 

[VargmatII]

My scope does not gather shit. It just sits there, bolted up in Nightforce rings on the rifle and does nothing. I am getting sick of it.

 

[kriller134]

 

[fdkay]

Well light enters them.......so...

There is a difference between passively receiving something and actively gathering something

 

[BobinNC]

Perhaps it's best to say that rifle scopes "transmit" light. They transmit light from object/source that we are looking at to the shooters eye. Some scopes transmit that light better than others, due to various factors found in their lenses like: their size, their #'s (less is more), their coatings, their glass quality, et al.

But they still don't gather light or anything else unfortunately.

 

[coldboremiracle]

I've always thought of it like this, maybe they don't gather light, a better way to describe it would be they compress a larger image and its brightness into something more detailed.

 

[308pirate]

There is a difference between passively receiving something and actively gathering something

Kinda like the use of "tolerances" to describe how two parts fit together ain't it?

 

[FredHammer]

The OP creates so many out of the blue threads, at least he made one about something gun related. It's typically, "Do You Smell your own Farts?" "Have you ever seen your Mom naked?"

Seriously though, I have compared my scopes while out hunting and even side by side on the porch as the sun rises or sets. The quality of the innards and alignment of them make more difference than the overall dimensions. Some have more vibrance of colors than others. Some show a brighter sight pic a little longer than others. (Not gonna get into this gathering vs transmission argument shit)

So, to the original question, Yes I have compared my scopes but never have I seen the manufactures say for how long after sunset or before sunrise they will look bright to have any comparison numbers.

 

[fdkay]

Sadly, yes to both those questions.